Frankie Knuckles, Chicago House Legend, Dead at 59

Knuckles was born in the Bronx in 1955. He became a DJ in the early 1970s with his friend Larry Levan. Eventually, he took over for Levan as the DJ at New York's Continental Baths. Then, starting in 1977, he was a regular DJ at the Warehouse in Chicago. The music he played there was shortened to "house", which became its own genre. In 1983, he moved to his own club, the Power Plant.

Some of his best known work included 1987's "Your Love" and 1991's "The Whistle Song". He also reworked music by Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Pet Shop Boys, Hercules & Love Affair, and many others. He was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame in 2005. There's a street in Chicago named in his honor.